Lemon Brownies

When someone mentions Pizza, pepperoni probably comes to mind.  When someone mentions freakishly big lips, Angelina Jolie probably comes to mind.  When someone mentions stinky- cheese, skunk, musk ox, or cabbage might come to mind.  When someone mentions brownies, deep, chocolatey, gooeyness comes to mind.  Until now... This is mind-blowing people!  Lemon brownies!  I love a good chocolate brownie. However, I also love delicious lemon dessert.  Well, meet the best of both worlds!  A lemon brownie!  This tastes like a lemon bar but has the consistency of a brownie.  I loved it.  I loved it so much that I want to put an exclamation point at the end of every sentence, but I have an issue with overuse of exclamations points.  !!!  

I know these are not your typical brownie since they are lemon, but you've got to try them.  You can even call them yellowies, if you'd like.  Wocka wocka!

 Lemon Brownies
source: www.beckybakes.net

1 1/2 c flour
1 1/2 c sugar
1/2 t salt
10 T butter, melted and slightly cool
3 large eggs
1 can sweetened condensed
1/2 t vanilla
2 T fresh lemon juice
1 t lemon zest

Glaze:
1 c powdered sugar
3 T fresh lemon juice
1 t packed lemon zest

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl.  Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the melted butter, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, vanilla, lemon juice, and lemon zest.

Add the flour mixture to this and whisk until combined.

Pour into a greased 9x13 pan.  Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean.  I baked mine for 33 minutes.

Let the bars cool slightly.

Combine the glaze ingredients until well combined.  Pour over the brownies and cool.

As I'm blogging this, I'm shedding a tiny tear because I took almost the whole pan to my office.  Oh, lemon brownie, how I miss you already!